A Matter of Culture, not Race.
Structural and systemic racism is not racism at all, it is simply a modification of behaviors caused by generational dependence upon government.
History is a funny thing. For some, history liberates, for others, it binds. For some it is an educational tool that informs and guides, preventing the repetition of mistakes and serving as a ladder to the future. For others, it is a prison – an explanation for failure and an excuse for who they have become.
Unfortunately, the ignorance of history has the same liberation/binding dichotomy.
Ignorance of history can be liberating, allowing people to live in the moment and to judge people for who they are today, not who their great-grandparents were then but it also can lead to mythmaking as a defense mechanism against their own failings. Some are also bound by these myths, assuming they can never break free of the station in life assigned to them by their history.
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